Phone numbers and Addresses

Conversion Authority in the Prime Minister's Office
7 Kanfei Nesharim St., Givat Shaul, Jerusalem
Office: 02-5311030, Fax: 02-6535423
Chairman of Conversion Authority: Rabbi Chaim Druckman
Senior Department Head (Conversion): Shmuel (Muli) Jeselsohn

Ministry of Absorption
National hotline for matters of conversion: 1-800-221-199
Rechov Hillel 15, Jerusalem 94581
Phone: 02-621-4553 Fax: 02-623-5216
Department Supervisor: Avigdor Levitan 050-621-4583
Coordinator of Conversion Issues: Naomi Degani-Yefet 02-621-4506, 050-621-4973
Coordinator of Conversion Issues, Jerusalem Region: Rachel Matityahu 02-621-4620, 050-621-4662
Coordinator of Conversion Issues, Central Region: Sonia Glass 03-520-9198, 050-621-4964
Coordinator of Conversion Issues, Northern Region: Leah Marland 04-863-1127, 050-621-4620
Coordinator of Conversion Issues, Southern Region: Yitschak Peretz 08-993-3668, 050-621-4892

General Counseling and Guidance: ITIM, Jewish Life Cycle Information Center
ITIM offers guidance in conversion procedures, helps find "adopting" families for conversion candidates, provides information concerning conversion outside of Israel, and more. ITIM services are provided free of charge.
1-700-500-507 (24 hrs), www.itim.org.il

Rabbinical Conversion Courts and Administrative Offices

Jerusalem region
7 Kanfei Nesharim St., Givat Shaul, 95464 - 2nd floor
Phone: 02-5311333, Fax: 02-5311135
Director of Rabbinical Courts: Rabbi Eliyahu Maimon, 050-6229120
Director of Ethiopian Olim Division: Rabbi Solomon Mabruhato, 050-6229121
Bet Din Representative: Rabbi Shimon Steiman: 050-6229135 (speaks Hebrew and Russian)

Tel Aviv region
4 Ben Yishai st., Tel Aviv, - 2nd floor
Phone: 03-7450807, Fax: 03-7450823

Southern region
64 Ha'Atzmaut st., Kiryat Gat
Phone: 08-6620900, Fax: 08-6620910
Bet Din Representative: Rabbi Yitzchak Jacobowitz, 050-6229138
Bet Din Representative for Ethiopian Olim: Rabbi Alon Nagosa, 050-6229134

Haifa and the North
28 Yalag St., Haifa, 31052 - 2nd Floor, room 210
Galil Court: Jewish Educational Center, 62 Herzl St., Kiryat Shemona
Phone: 04-8603141, Fax: 04-8664996
Hours: Sun-Thurs 8:00-10:00; 12:00-14:00
Bet Din Representative: Rabbi Shmaryahu Schorr, 050-6229127

Special Conversion Courts for Minors and Adopted Children
Yeshivat Ohr Etzion, Mercaz Shapira (near Kiryat Malachi), Mobile Post Lachish Tsafon
Office: 08-860-0883 Fax: 08-850-1326
office hours: Sun-Thurs 8:00-15:00 (by appointment only)

Recognition of Conversions Done Abroad
Jerusalem Chief Rabbinate: 02-5313132, 050-5316665
For independent advice and guidance concerning foreign conversions, contact Rabbi Shaul Farber who heads the ITIM Jewish Life Cycle Information Center. Mobile phone: 052-450-7305

Military Rabbinical Courts for Conversion
Chief Military Rabbinate: 03-569-5183, 057-817-2976, 057-818-3301 Fax: 03-569-2158

For information on the status of a file at the Ministry of the Interior, call the local Ministry branch
where the application was filed. Contact information for Ministry branches can be found at the Ministry's website: www.moin.gov.il or by calling the Ministry's national information center at *3450

Study Institutes (Ulpan) for Conversion Candidates

Education Ministry Ulpans
National Supervisor: Moshe Adorian, 02-560-1413, 050-628-3323
Southern Region: Shimon Shitreit, 052-335-4422
Central Region:
Hebrew or English: Yossi Bar-Noy, 03-689-6027, 050-628-2380
Spanish or Portuguese: Rabbi Ariel Kreitman 054-207-0433 (in Raanana)
Jerusalem Region: Bracha Kalifon, 02-560-1328, 054-443-1929
Haifa and Northern Region: Maimon Amar, 050-672-7675

Institute for Jewish Studies Ulpans
Main office: 02-620-4490, 1-800-210-558, www.nativhagiur.org.il
Placement in Ulpans:
adults: Central and Southern Region: Yigal Barber, 050-585-3675
Northern Region: Luba Farber, 054-495-2396
soldiers: Chaim Levinowitz, 050-550-5451

Adopting Family Coordinator (for Institute for Jewish Studies students): Oshri Sharabi 02-620-4487

Religious Kibbutz Ulpans
General Information: Jonny Kardash, 054-564-0940

Kibbutz Ein HaNatziv
Language: French
Bet Shean Valley
Kibbutz office: 04-609-2761
Ulpan Coordinator: Devora Kahan 04-606-2670; 050-794-8560
oulpane@hanatziv.org.il

Kibbutz Sadeh Eliyahu
Language: Hebrew
Bet Shean Valley
Kibbutz office: 04-609-6911/6525
Ulpan Coordinator: Merav Falk 054-564-0985
www.seliyahu.org.il/eGiur.htm

Kibbutz Yavneh
Language: English
Near Rechovot
Kibbutz office: 08-854-8326
Ulpan Coordinator: Rabbi Meshulam Schwat: 08-854-8311, 08-854-8243, 050-699-8374.

Ulpans of Non-Profit Organizations

B'erot Bat Ayin
for women only (in dormitory facilities)
Language: English
Gush Etzion (just south of Jerusalem)
Ilana Ben-Harush: 02-993-4945
General website: www.berotbatayin.org
Conversion website: http://www.bnot-roth.org
Email: info@berotbatayin.org

Beit Moriah
Languages: Russian, Spanish, Hebrew (and others if needed)
Beer Sheva
08-628-8812
Rabbi Chaim Fruchter: 052-890-3965
http://www.bmoriah.org.il/130314/adult4

HaAmuta Lehesderei Giyur
Language: Hebrew
Ramat Gan
Avishai Daum 02-612-0505

Machanayim
Language: Russian
Jerusalem, Ramat Gan
office: 02-625-6006
Miriam Kitrosski: 054-466-5907
Polina Brostin: 054-665-8901

Machon Meir
Language: many
Jerusalem
office: 02-651-1906
Rabbi Yosef Dinkovitz: 02-646-1321, 054-338-0914

Ohr Etzion
Language: Russian, Hebrew
Throughout the country
Carmi Ronen: 052-856-5027
http://project-ami.org/

Ohr Torah Stone
Language: Spanish
Efrat (Gush Etzion)
office: 02-548-8447
Renana Birnbaum 050-650-8091

Shavei Israel
Language: Spanish
Jerusalem
office: 02-625-6230
Renana Birnbaum 050-650-8091

Ulpan Klita Shomron
For immigrants of the Shomron region and center of country, and college students (of Ruppin, Ariel, Wingate and others)
Language: Hebrew, French
Herzl Nissan: 050-559-0182
Rivka Bondi: 09-884-1626, 057-775-1927, 052-652-0840

Machon Shvut Am
For converting youth in religous schools
Rabbi Menachem Waldman: 054-435-1060

Brit Milah and Tevila (ritual immersion)
Conversion Courts National Center for Brit Mila and Tevila: 04-617-5100
National Coordinator: Rabbi Tomer Shraga, 050-622-9133

Marriage Registrar for Converts
Rabbi Davidovitz:
office: 04-6930582 04-6936277 Fax: 04-6930647
email: mrp@mrp.org.il

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